Survey of baked goods for propionic acid and propionates

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 133-139

  Scotter, M J ^a   Thorpe, S A ^a   Reynolds, S L ^a   Wilson, L A ^a   Strutt, P R ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analysis; Bread; Bread products; Gas chromatography; Preservative; Propionic acid

Indexed keywords

PROPIONIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BREAD; EUROPEAN UNION; FLOUR; FOOD COMPOSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029990219     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652039609374391     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. EU 1995, European Parliament and Council Directive 95/2/EC of 20 February 1995, on Additives other than Colours and Sweeteners. Official Journal of the European Communities, No. L61/1-/40, 18 March 1995.
2. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1991a, Food Advisory Committee, Press Release FAC, 2/91, 24 April.
3. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1991b, Use of propionic acid and its sodium, calcium and potassium salts as preservatives in bread and flour confectionery. Circulation of 12 December.
4. The Bread and Flour Regulations 1984 Use of propionic acid and its sodium, calcium and potassium salts as preservatives in bread and flour confectionery (Statutory Instrument 1984: No. 1304) (London: HMSO).
5. The UK Preservatives in Food Regulations 1989 (Statutory Instrument 1989: No. 533) (London: HMSO).
6. Scotter, M. J., Thorpe S. A., Reynolds, S. L., Wilson, L. A., and Strutt, P. R., (1994), A rapid gas-chromatographic method for the determination of propionic acid and propionates in bread and bread products. Food Additives and Contaminants, 11, 295-300.
7. Tonogai, Y., Kingkate, A., Thanissorn, W., and Punthanaprated, du., 1983, Gas chromatographic determination of propionic acid and sodium and calcium propionate in bread and cake. Journal of Food Protection, 46, 284-286.